在美国的圣路易斯，汤姆·温菲尔德和母亲阿曼达及姐姐劳拉住在无人管理、破旧不堪的公寓里。懦弱的劳拉是个跛子，由于行动不便而没有工作，她喜欢收集一些玻璃做成的小动物摆在家里；母亲平时靠给顾客打电话征订杂志赚点钱，因此生活的重担都压在汤姆的肩上。懂事的汤姆勤奋地工作，他想成为一个作家，但时值经济大萧条时期，日子过得格外的艰难。母亲对劳拉的婚事寄托了很大的希望，但女儿却连男朋友都没有。一天，在汤姆的邀请下，他的同事吉姆到他家吃晚饭。见到吉姆，劳拉大吃了一惊，并表现得十分紧张：原来他们是中学同学，那时吉姆是单纯的劳拉心中的偶像。母亲想撮合吉姆和劳拉，遗憾的是吉姆已有了女朋友，最后，他温柔地向劳拉告别；虽然汤姆热爱着姐姐，但他还是决定离开。他告别了空荡荡的家，但却始终无法忘却姐姐那闪烁着微光的玻璃动物园。

Alma自小便愛上了年輕的鄰居John。可是，他的身邊經常都有不同的女子。雖然他也喜歡她，但她堅信「愛情要靈慾合一，不可隨便」的信念，卻讓他們的關係一直保持著一個微妙的距離，總是介乎情人與朋友之間。直到這年的夏天，兩人終於有機會走到生命裡，最接近的一步……

改编自田纳西·威廉斯的名剧，并由舞台剧原班人马合作演出，由手法谨慎的理查德·布鲁克斯导演，描述过气电影女星跟她的男朋友回到美国南部的故乡，希望利用她的美色和名气，狠狠地向当地的贪污镇长敲诈一笔养老金。本片探讨人心的险恶狡诈相当深刻有力，令人看后感到心寒。杰拉尔丁·佩奇、保罗·纽曼等一众演员均有上佳演出。

Living in Tiger Tail County, Mississippi, middle aged Archie Lee Meighan and nineteen year old "Baby Doll" Meighan née McCargo have been married for close to two years. Their marriage is not based on love, but each getting what they want from the other. Their marriage agreement has them consummating their marriage on her twentieth birthday, which is in three days, the act to which Baby Doll is not really looking forward. But she does taunt him and other men with her overt "baby doll" sexuality, the baby doll aspect which she fosters by sleeping in their house's nursery in a crib. Baby Doll's now deceased father allowed the marriage on the stipulation that Archie Lee provide Baby Doll financial security as displayed by the most resplendent house in the south. They currently live in a dilapidated mansion with her Aunt Rose Comfort, and although Archie Lee is making some renovations on it, he no longer has the financial means to make it what Baby Doll wants as his cotton ginning ... Written by Huggo

The only son of wealthy widow Violet Venable dies while on vacation with his cousin Catherine. What the girl saw was so horrible that she went insane; now Mrs. Venable wants Catherine lobotomized to cover up the truth.

1951 film directed by Elia Kazan

An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous accident. His wife is crucified by her desperation to make him desire her: but he resists the affections of his wife. His reunion with his father—who is dying of cancer—jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.